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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Adventures in Moving

We're moved. I wasn't sure we'd be able to do it, and I must admit I panicked there a bit at the end. We were truly blessed in the help we received from family and friends. We finished moving 2.5 days earlier than we thought thanks to them. That doesn't mean it wasn't an adventure though.

Class ended for me on Thursday and that's when the moving weekend really began. The next day we had to travel to the new house to wait for the cable guy. While we were there, we put Little Guy's bed together and started making his room feel like a real home. He had been having difficulties and I am positive it was due to all the changes. His temper was shorter, he tried to push all the boundaries, and he just did not like what was going on. Big Guy and I thought that getting some familiarity in his new room might settle things down. So, while the cable guy set up our cable and internet, we set up the bed. That may have been a mistake though, since he then wanted to spend the night there and we weren't done at the old place yet. Plus, the bulk of moving was going to be done the next day.

Saturday began bright and early. Big Guy and a friend went to get the moving truck while Little Guy and I (mostly the *I*) continued to box things up and get things sorted. All the electronic items were gone, waiting at the new house, and the entire house was just about done. At about 10 am, people began to arrive and we started stacking stuff on the lawn and moving it into the truck. Everyone took a load to the new place while I and two others held back and continued packing. We were just about done when the truck returned and we finished up our last load for the day. After that, we headed to the new place and crashed. We still had cleaning at the old place, but what we needed people and a truck to handle, we had managed to complete.

Sunday, we were sore, we were tired, and we still had stuff to finish. We went back to the old house to mop, vacuum, and finish wiping things down. When we arrived, however, we were greeted with a surprise. Someone had STOLEN our stair railings. We considered that they may have been stolen for the metal...but someone had left the wrought iron doormat. They hadn't just stolen the railings either, they broke the bolts getting them off. Looking out our back window, we noticed that our back neighbors had a suspiciously familiar pair of railings while the guy across the street from them had their old railing. It was beyond ridiculous. We griped about it for the rest of the day as we finished cleaning but we got the place in order and went home. We had a few boxes left that Big Guy was going to pack up the next day when he talked to the office about our missing rails.

When he went in to the office to tell them someone had stolen our rails, the office's initial reaction was: "That's really not our problem." Once he explained that we didn't waqnt to get charged on our move out and that we were renters, then they cared. I couldn't believe it. Yet another reason why we are so glad to be out of there. After that he loaded up the last boxes and turned in the keys... And we were done there. We've been unpacking and organizing and just generally trying to make ouselves at home. The house is amazing and we love it already. This has been such a positive move and a wonderful blessing for us. I am thrilled. And even Little Guy has started settling in.